Thank you, Mr. Cigarette stomper outer. You did the work of 11 public employees. You weren't afraid to get ashes and black mulch on the bottom of your shoe. You put yourself out there for the betterment of the community.

A discarded cigarette? Must have been a rich person......and don't go too hard on the DPW guys and gals.....it's just the "It's not my job" syndrome. And Tom H....you would have been cited for "Indecent extinguishing of a fire". And your feelings probably would have been hurt, when the bystanders started pointing and giggling!!

I'm not sure what Billie heard ... I heard the first dispatch and didn't hear any mention of DPW ... there could have been something else mentioned after I left the office, I don't know ... if DPW was involved, it was only in passing because they were no where around at all when I arrived on scene.

Of course, if DPW had stopped to put out the fire, people would be bitching that they weren't fixing a pothole instead or making the benches face "the right way" or something.